| Department: |
UAMS Human Research Advisory Committee |
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Policy Number: |
3.6 |
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Section: |
Committee Membership |
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Effective Date: |
July
31, 2002 |
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Revision Date: |
November 18, 2002 |
SUBJECT: Members
Appointment.
The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Sponsored Research at UAMS
and the HRAC chairpersons solicit nominations and self-nominations from all
members of the faculty of UAMS for scientist members and from all members of the
faculty and research staff of the University for non-scientist members, and also
seek the advice of Deans and administrative officers in making their
recommendations. The Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Sponsored Research at UAMS extends
invitations to HRAC membership in writing.
As a routine, appointments or reappointments of voting members occur once
a year, with a search taking place in the Spring, and the appointments taking
effect in September, the beginning of the academic year. Should a vacancy arise
that would create a violation of the federally-mandated composition of
membership, the search and appointment process may be activated at any time to
fill that vacancy.
In case a member is chosen to become the chairperson, the duration of
his/her membership will be extended automatically, to allow completion of the
terms of appointment as a chairperson.
A member, who has served two consecutive four-year terms, will again
become eligible for HRAC membership no sooner than two years after being off the
HRAC. In the case of reappointment,
the terms of membership will be reestablished.
Scientist
Members.
Scientist members of the HRAC will have had experience in research
involving human subjects, and will be recruited from among active members of the
faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and its
affiliates. Scientist members will
be appointed for four-year terms. The term of membership will be renewable for a
second, consecutive four-year period, as long as a member continues to possess
the required qualifications.
Non-scientist
Members.
Non-scientist members will have had expertise in human rights issues
and/or ethical or legal issues considered to be relevant to human subject
research, and will be recruited from among active members of the faculty or the
full-time staff of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and its
affiliates. Non-scientist members
will be appointed for four-year terms, renewable for successive four-year terms
without limit, as long as a member continues to possess the desired
qualifications.
Non-university Representatives. The non-university, community representatives will be non-scientists; they or their families will not have any affiliation with the University of Arkansas (non-university members), and will be recruited from among the community of Little Rock and its vicinity.
Appointments are for a four-year term.
Duties. A HRAC member’s duties include reviewing
studies for risk/benefit and protection of human subjects for new studies and
for studies at continuing review, evaluating investigators’ requests for changes
in studies, and playing an important role in the university’s human research
protection program to educate investigators and establish an environment of
safeguarding human subjects in research.
The HRAC member may be relieved of his/her responsibilities for failure
to perform duties in an appropriate manner as determined by the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs and Sponsored Research at UAMS. Additionally, the HRAC chairperson may
request that any committee member who misses three consecutive meetings be
replaced.
Compensation.
Committee members serve voluntarily without compensation.
Liability Coverage. As volunteers or as state employees, HRAC members are covered through the standard UAMS liability coverage.